(Feb. 8 12:09 PM) - Tony Award-winning actor Michael Rupert, who originated the role of Professor Callahan on Broadway, will be reprising the role on the LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL tour. Ken Land, who has played the morally dubious lawyer since the tour launched in September 2008, has joined the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises. Rupert's first performance in Denver will be Wednesday, February 10, 2010.
(Feb. 8 12:06 PM) - Watch the St. Louis Musicians for Haiti Benefit Live on HEC-TV! Hosted by Julius Hunter and featuring Brian Owens, Mayor Taylor, Bottoms up Blues Gang, Peter Martin, Mardra and Reggie Thomas, Kim Massie, Christine Brewer and Peter Henderson, an All-Star line-up of St. Louis musicians donate their time and talents for a one-night-only concert event to raise money for Haitian earthquake relief.
(Feb. 7 5:53 PM) - Marsha Norman's clever book for the musical version of THE COLOR PURPLE greatly compresses the action of the novel, while also managing to tone down some of its more violent aspects. In combination with a rousing music score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, which runs the gamut from gospel to blues to swing, it brings Alice Walker's original vision to life in a manner that celluloid wasn't able to capture adequately. A splendid touring company of this production is currently playing the Fox Theatre.
(Feb. 6 5:05 PM) - Before "Broadway Baby" Sutton Foster even sang a note on the stage of the Sheldon Concert Hall this past Thursday (February 4, 2010), she was greeted with a rousing standing ovation that set the tone for a stellar performance for an audience clearly enraptured with her extraordinary talent. This occasion marked the kickoff of a tour put together to promote her latest CD Wish, and a number of songs from her sparkling new work were showcased as she completely captivated the crowd.
(Feb. 6 10:22 AM) - ON THE VERGE opens in 1888, as the three adventurers - Fanny along with Mary and Alexandra - make landfall "somewhere east of Australia and west of Peru." Refusing Sherpas, bearers or other native guides, they brave the hills and jungles of "Terra Incognita" with only the most essential items, including machetes, rope, umbrellas, butterfly nets, watercolors, peacock feathers, lemon drops and a rhinestone tiara for official meetings with local poobahs.
(Feb. 6 10:21 AM) - In her new cabaret show, Alice Kinsella shares the funny side of growing up in a family of 12, dating, and the single life today. With the help of composers Jerry Herman, Cole Porter & Heisler and Goldrich, and many others.
(Feb. 6 10:21 AM) - St. Louis Actors' Studio, continuing with its third season, examines the art of seduction with Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS. When nerdy college student Adam meets cool graduate art student Evelyn, he is instantly infatuated. As the relationship continues on, however, Evelyn's influence upon Adam changes him drastically. LaBute's disquieting story of seduction, manipulation, and loss of identity analyzes the sacrifices one will make for love.
(Feb. 6 10:21 AM) - The Sheldon presents Irish Rovers, Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. For more than four decades, The Irish Rovers have charmed and entertained audiences around the world with their exciting stage shows. Throughout the years, these international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance full of good cheer, while their songs have become anthems of revelry and joy among generations of fans.
(Feb. 6 12:30 AM) - The Sheldon Art Galleries presents Backpack Blues: Art by Students of Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, September 25, 2009 - February 6, 2010 in the AT&T Gallery of Children's Art.
(Feb. 5 5:51 PM) - The Sheldon Art Galleries presents Legends of St. Louis Blues Music, ongoing through August 28, 2010 in the History of Jazz Gallery. Two new Gallery Talks (March 30th and May 1st) have been announced for the Spring in conjunction with the exhibition!
(Feb. 5 5:50 PM) - The Sheldon Art Galleries presents Nothin' But the Blues: Art by Area Students, February 19 - August 14, 2010 in the AT&T Gallery of Children's Art. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, February 19 from 5 - 7 p.m.! Gallery Hours are Tuesdays, Noon - 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, Noon - 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free.
(Feb. 5 2:01 PM) - Pack your bags and join MAMMA MIA! for “A Year on the Road,” a new video podcast series. Go backstage with the cast and crew, and see what it’s like on tour with ABBA’s global smash hit musical.
(Feb. 3 11:42 AM) - William Earle Williams has been photographing Underground Railroad sites for more than 25 years. His photography career began while he was an undergraduate at Hamilton College, in Clinton, NY . In 2001, he discovered Hamilton's abolitionist history, and took a special interest in Underground Railroad sites in that part of New York State . In 2003, Williams received an artist's residency at Light Work, in Syracuse, New York, which provided him with the opportunity to make an extended document of sites in Central Upstate New York. In that same year, Williams received a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to do extensive research on additional sites around the country. Since then, Williams has visited sites in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mississippi, West Virginia, Eastern Ontario in Canada and many others to continue this document of powerful yet sensitive photographs of these important sites. Informative texts about each site written by Williams accompany each image.
(Feb. 2 9:23 AM) - Robert Breig makes his solo cabaret debut with "Feels Like Home," featuring songs by Burt Bacharach, The Carpenters, and Kenny Loggins. In this show, Robert goes after a warm hearth and mulled wine on a cold winter night, with everyone gathered 'round for a night of contemporary song and story.
(Feb. 2 9:23 AM) - INGENIOSO refers to the ingenious, quick-thinking of Don Quixote as he mistakes ordinary objects and people for the fantastic, and falls into misadventure after misadventure, always managing to emerge unscathed. His sidekick, Sancho Panza, however, suffers the physical assaults and vicissitudes of the escapades. Thus the beloved clown Nino (Giovanne Zoppe) plays the role of Sancho Panza as he tries to carry out the orders of his sometimes irrational master, Don Quixote, played by Carlos Svenson, animal and horse trainer.
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LA CAGE Announces Addt'l Cast Members
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Launches Interactive Website
Video for Green Day's "21 Guns" Featuring Cast of AMERICAN IDIOT Now Online
STAGE TUBE: Green Day And The Cast Of American Idiot Record 21 GUNS
STAGE TUBE: Megan Mullally Talks Gensis of 'That's What She Said' on FunnyorDie.com
Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater Presents Amy Marshall Dance Co., 3/25-3/28
Broadway Traffic Experiment in Times Square Yields Questionable Results
Ziegfeld Theatre Hosts Week Engagement of 'West Side Story' and 'Funny Girl', 2/12-18
Mayer, Miyagawa et al. Set for DREAMING THE AMERICAS Conference, 2/26 - 2/27
“Naked” Polar Bear Cruise Hosts Fundraiser for Wildlife Conservation Society, 2/27
